Dr. George Belliveau

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Professor

Department of Language and Literacy Education

Dr. George Belliveau specializes in Theatre Education where he integrates theatre as a form of research and artistic expression across multiple disciplines. He is an international leader in research-based theatre, and has shared his performative approach to research in numerous countries around the world. His co-edited book Research-based as Methodology(Intellect, 2016) establishes the complexity and richness of this emerging field of artistic research. His most recent project Contact! Unload, a research-based play about the stress injuries that soldiers suffer post-deployment, has been shared nationally and internationally, including a private showing for Prince Harry, a soldier himself and advocate for men’s mental health. His arts-based approach to research has been successfully funded by CIHR, SSHRC, Movember, among other sources.

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  • 11th International Drama in Education Research Institute 2025 (IDIERI 2025)

    June 21-24, 2025

  • The 11th International Drama in Education Research Institute was hosted at UBC June 21-24th. The conference invited participants to share research stories that created new routes to flow through. Through collective listening and engagement in playful inquiry as we embrace our own roots and routes, we seek to gain insight and courage to address significant global issues and embrace solidarity while honouring the art and practices of our field.

Publications

  • Shigematsu, T., Göksel, E., Piazolli, E., Belliveau, G., Naud, P. (2025). Find a home, lose a home: A research-based theatre into Acadian heritage. McGill Journal of Education 59(1) 178-194.
    2025
  • Belliveau, G. (2025). Centering art-making in Research-based Theatre: A language and a/r/tographical inquiry. JACE (Journal of Artistic and Creative Education), 17(1).
    2025
  • Cook, C. & Belliveau, G. (2024) Empathy and Listening in Research-based Theatre. Arts. 13(5), 140.
    2024